Stall and stanchion



June 7, 1927.

A. QUADE ET AL STALL AND STANCHION 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 .Filed May 28 June 7, 1927.

A. QUADE, ET AL swam, AND summon Filed May 28} 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 n m k June 1927' A. QUADE ET AL STALL AND STANCHION 4- shuns-sheet 4 Filed May 28. 1925 Patented J me '7,

f ALFRED QUADE Ann ARTHUR H ."KLUMB; QEWEs'r' BEND, wisoonstmnssienon's T01;

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' Apphcatton fikd May is, 1925.' Serie1NqJ33361. r

y This im'ention relates tostallslandsta'nchlons and the ob ect of the invention, s to improve the, construction andoperation of stalls and stanchions in the inanner to be hereinafter described and cleiinedl'f Beferi'ingto the drawings which accompany this specification and .ttorin-a part hereof, which drawings. illustrate an enibodiment of this invention, and 'on which drawings the same reference characters are used to designateithe saine parts, Fig. 1 is an elevation of stalls and stanohions from outside the stalls; Fig. 2 is an elevation of.

stalls and stanchions, looking into the stalls; Fig. is a plan view of parts of the constructiong Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line k t on Fig. 3, looking in the direction indicated by' the'arrows; Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5- 5 on' Fig. 4, looking in the direction-indicated by the arrows; Fig. 6 is a section taken on the line (3- -6 on F ig. 5. looking in the direction indicated by the arrows; Fig. 7 is a section taken on the line 7*? on Fig. 3,;100ki11g in the direction indicated by the arrows; Fig. 8 isasection taken on the lineSE-S on Fig. 3, looking in the direction indicatetlbythearrows; Fig. 9:1s asection taken on theline 9-19 on Fig.

3, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows; Fig. -10 is an elevation of parts; Fig. 11 is a plan View of-the bottom of parts: Fig. 12 is a section on the line 12-12 on Fig. 11, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows; and Fig. 13 is a perspective View 01" a part. i

Referring to the drawings; the reference numeral 1 designates uprights secured to cl-zunps 2, the lower ends "of which are set into cement or concrete, 3. Stall 'side men ers or partitions l, of well-known construc-; tion, are secured to the upr ghts'land the upper ends of the uprights 1 are secured to a non-circular top.rail 5 by clamps 6. 11ninovable sure stops Tare lllustrated by the drawings as secured to uprights of the stalls on the sides of the stanchions where the swinging bows are loceted and movable sure stops 8 are illustrated by the drawings as, located between the fixed bows of the stanchi'sns and the adjacent uprights;

. Tlhc stanchions, for conveniei' ce, are des-' ignsted by the reference nurneralt) and they each include a fixed bow l0 and a swinging how 11. Both bow's nia'y be'forined from channel iron l2, with the channels opening outwardly, with wood or othersuitable'material l3 secured to the inner'faces oflthe I channel iron. The lowerend ofthe. chan-v stanchion. A. flexible inernber "15,;"of; suitable, length, secured atits lower end to a ring ineinberflfiwhich is. adjustable longi tudinally of 'afstall by its co-actionwith an anchor neinberfli whichis secured in the cement or concretefi and which is provided n with 'a longitudinal slot 18 through "which. pro ects a threaded projection for a nut 1 93 and a ring piece 20 to which the flexible nieinber leis secured. ,The upper endof the flexible nieniber leis secured to a'bolt 21 whiclt passes through the arms-of a U- I sli'apedclamp 22. By loosening the nutf23 the U-shaped clamp 22 can be moved to any" desired positionfupon the bottom member 14 the stanchion and canthen be secured in position. by tightening the'nut 23; y This 7 construction provides for increasing or decreasing the distance between the bows of a stanchion gwhile; permitting the U-shaped Y clamp 22 tobe set so as to be practically mid-way between the bows.

A hinge mem ber Qe is illustrated as riveted to the bottom of the channeliron 12 of the swinging bow swinging boj'w' l'lwith the fixed bow/10;

A support 29 is fixedly clamped to the top rail 5 and is provided with 'a trunnion 30 upon which a hanger 51 is pivotally supported. The upper end of the fixedbow' 1O ll and a -U,-shaped hinge member 25 is reinovably'held in a selected position upon the; p 3 bottom nieinber let ofthe' stanchion by a bolt 26. The hingepin 27, which passes I through the'hinge ineinbers Q L-and 25, com

pletes the hinge 28 which connects "the isadjustably secured to-the hanger 31 by means of the extension 32, which is secured tofthechannel iron 12v of the fixed bow l0 and which may besecuredfto the hanger 31 by means ofa bolt 33 which can be' passed through any one o f several fholesBfl proadjustment. I

' ;Afniovable support 351s provided with a vided in the hanger Q31 r lpurpose of trunnion 36upon whichfa hanger 37. is piv-.

otally supported. The upper" end o'fthe' .swinging bow ll is adjustably secured to the hanger 37 by means of the extension 38, which is secured to the channel iron 12 01" the swinging bow 11, and which may be secured I to the hanger 37 by means of a bolt 39 which can be passed through any one of several holes provided in the hanger. 37 for the purpose o t adjustment. The trunnions 30 and 36 may be and are duplicates and their constructlon. which is illustrated by Fig. 13

of the drawings, will be described specifically later.- The hangers 31 and 37 may also be duplicates and the extensions 32 and 38 may also be duplicates.

' The referencenumerals 41 and 42 desigrnatc fixed rails which are clamped to the .toprail 5 by means 0t a clamp 43 and which are also heldin position and alignment by the support 29. A carriage 44 is provided with apertures 45 and 46 Jt'or' the rails 41 and 42 and this carriage '44 is provided with tiunnions 47 and 48 with which the movable support 35 is engaged both for pivotal and vertical movement by the trunnions 47 and 48 being received within vertically elongated slots 49 and 50 in lugs 51 and 52 extending upwardly from the movable supthe parts of a clamp 6, and a connecting rod i connects the bell-crank lever 53 w tha hor1- zontally reciprocable common operatmg rod port 35.

- A bell-crank lever 53, as illustrated by the drawings, is pivotally supported by a bolt'54, which is one of the bolts connecting so proportioned that, in co-operation with l V the connecting rod 55 when swung into a position to close the swinging bows, the

"swinging bows of the stanchions will be locked closed by the position which the pivot I 57 occupies with respect to a straight line through the bolt 54 and the pivot 58 in a well-known manner. An individual operating'rod or pipe 59 1s securely clamped to each carriage 44 and 1S provlded with a swinging latch 60 which can be engaged with the common operating rod or pipe 56 to move a swinglng bow when the common operating rod or pipe 56 is reciprocated, or

I latches 60'are retained in position upon the can be disengaged therefrom when the common operating rod or pipe 56 is reciprocated. The drawings illustrate a latch co-operating member 61, provided with a recess 62 to receive a latch 60, clamped to the common operating rod or pipe 56 by means of'a clamp member 63. and a bolt 64. The-swinging individual operating rods or pipes 59 by he ing placed between heads 65 and guide members 66 which are composed of two parts 67 and 68, loosely encircling the top rail 5, and clampedupon the individual operating rods or pipes 59 by bolts 69.

The movable sure stops 8 are secured to crank arms-70 and71, the lower ones of which are pivoted upon pins 72 projecting upwardly fromanchors 7 3 which are setin the cement or concrete 3. The upper crank arms 71 are pivoted upon trunnions 74" which 'de'pend'from brackets 75 clamped to.

the top rail 5 by a strap 76and bolts77. The crank arms 71 have gears78 connected thereto so as to rotate said crank arms and the movable sure stops 8. Bolts79, provided with nuts 80 and washers 81 may be provided for retaining the brackets 75. assembled with the sure stops 8 while parts are being shipped, for example.

The parts 67 of the guide 1nembers 66 are provided with apertures 82 through whichfi' bar 83 extend. The bars 83 have racks 84 secured to them to mesh with and oscillate the gears 78, and the movable sure stops 8, through arcs of 180, whereby the movable sure stops 8 are moved away from the racks 84 to rotate the movable sure stops 8' through arcs of 180. The drawings illustrate the bars 83 as provided with outwardly turned ends to form stops 85 and the racks 84 are riveted to the bars 83 so as to provide stops 86. This construction provides alost motion connection between the guide members 66 and the racks 84 so that greater movement is permitted for the swinging bows of the stanchions and the guide members 66 than is necessary for the racks 84 to oscillate the gears 78 to swing the. fixed sure stops 8 through arcs of 180. it being understood that a rack 84 will not be moved. unless a'guide member 66 is in contact with either a stop 85 or with a stop 86. The racks 84 rest upon ledges 87 projecting from the gears 78 and are retained in mesh with the gears 78 by projections 88 which extend downwardly from the brackets 75. The racks 84 are provided with stops 89 which can contact with the projections 88 and thereby prevent the movable sure stops 8 from being moved outwardly by an animal entering a stall, as will be readily understood from inspection of Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The gears 78,"as shown by It will be apparent, from the foregoing de=- scription and an inspection of the drawings, that, assuming that the swinging latches 60 are engaged in the recesses 62 of the latch co-operating members 61, thatrecipro- J cations of the common operating rod or pipe 56 will move the swinging bows of the stanchions to their open or closed positions and at the same time will swing the' movable sure stops 8 through arcs of'180. If, however, when a swinging bow of a stanchion is in itsc'losed position, the swinging latch 60 for that stanchion beturned' out of the recess 62 provided for it, the swinging bow and the movable sure stop for that stall will not be afiecte'd by reciprocations of-the common operating rod or pipe 56,-but a cow secured by the stanchion could move-the swinging bow of the stanchion and release -herself,solocks 90 are'provided which are illustratedby the drawings as secured to brackets by one of the bolts 77 and these locks are provided with flat'tops 91 having upstanding fingers 92 and 93 st their-extremities. It a swinging latch 60 is swung over so as to rest upon a flat top 91 ofalock 90, the finger 93 will prevent movementott a swinging latch 60, the carriage s4, and the swinging bow '11 by an animal confined by that stanchion. The locks are provided with two fingers 92 and 93 simply asa mat ter of convenience in manufacturing and assembling and it-will be readily understood that if the positions of the parts were trans- 'twisting of the upper parts of the stanchions, without separation or displacement of parts, the supports 29 are provided with end guides 94 and 95, bottom guides 96 and 97 and top guides 98 and 99 between which the movable support 35 is received toprevent either longitudinal or vertical movementsof the movable support 35 with respect to the support 29. The end guides 94 I and 95, the bottom guides 96 and 97, and the top guides 98 and 99 are illustrated by the drawings as projections or lugs and thebottom of the movable support 35 may be'pro-- vided with rabbets 100 and 101 to receive the bottom guides 96 and 97, and the guides are preferably beveled or rounded at their ends to more readily receive and locate the movable support 35, as is clearly shown by Fig. 8 of the drawings, and the co-acting parts of the movable support 35 may be correspondingly beveled or rounded, as [is clearly shown by Fig.- 11' of the drawings to provide for the easy and exact entrance of the movable supp0rt35 between the several guides on the support 29. The vertically loose motion connections bet-ween the movlngzited slots 49 and 50 in the lugs51 and on the movable support 35 provide for ablesupports 35 and the-carriages 4A of Sllf'.

ficient magnitude toiallow for the opening and'closing of the swingingbows of the stanchions and the interlocking of the'movable supports 35with the supports 29L An inspection 'ofFig. 11 of the drawings will clearly disclose the fact that while the trunnions 30 and 36 forthe fixed bows 10 and the'swinging bows 11 of a stanchion, are not 'co-incident, V in the same vertical line, nevertheless, they are so nearly co-incident in thesame vertical line that for all prac'ti cal purposes the fixed bows 10' and the swinging bows 11 of thes'tanchions are locked to' gether at their tops so as to swing about a substantially fixed pivot. These stall fittings are'not made with the utmost mechanical precision and the 1 hangers 31 and 37 have a'little freedom of movement upon the trunnions 30 and 36 and. the bows of-the stanchions are long enough to permit of some give-so that the stanchions can be, turned about the trunnions 30 and 36 to the same extent, for all practical purposes, as

though only a single trunnion were employed for both bows of a stanchion, as clearly shown by thedotted line positions of .the hangers 31 and 37 drawings.

Referring, now, to Fig. 130i the drawings,- a trunnion3l) or 36 is' illustrated as composed of a conical or cylindrical ,part 102 which is provided with a bore103','-oppositely disposed projections 104', and a bot' as shown by Fig. 11 of the tom fiange105f The bottom flange 105 supports a. hanger 31 or 37"and may be flattened at 106 so as not to project beyond its sup! port. The projections 104 extend upwardly into slots in the supports to prevent the trunnions from turning asthey have stops-107 1 l and 108 to be contacted by depending parts 109 and 110 of the hangers 31 and 37 'to'limit the possible rotationalmovements of the stanchions when the fixed bows and the movable bows arelocked together at their tops.

A bolt 1 11 secures the trunnion 30 to the support-29, and a bolt 112 secures the trun nion 36 to the movable support 35.

The support 29 is provided with 'aslot 11 extending longitudinally witlrrespect to a stall, and the movable support 35 is provided with a similar slot 114 These'slots permit the bolts 111 and 112 to beset longitudinally .7 a l of a stall to suit the length ofa cowwhich isassigned to thestall and the lower end of a stanchion can be correspondingly adjusted longitudinally of-the stall by moving the ring member 16 and securing it in proper positionby the nut 19.

The construction and operation, and the. principles of the construction and operation of the stall and stanchion, or aphirality of the same, are obvious from the foregoing description, read in eonnectionwith the draw: ings, and it will be readilyunderstood that a movable bow'can only beopened by means of the bell crank lever 53 and the common ope atingrod 56, when a latch is engaged ina recess 62 oi? a latch co-operating member 61, and that, when a latch 60 is so positioned, the movable sure stop for that stanchion will be actuated by the movement of the common operating rod 56.- A movable or swinging bow of a stanchionand a movable sure stop forthat stanchion will be moved by the com-v mon operating rod 56 as long as a swinging "latch 60 is engaged within a recess 62 of a latch cooperating member 61. By swinging a latch 60 out of engagement with a recess 62 in a latch co-operating member 61, a stanchion can be opened by hand without affecting any other stanchion, and by turn ing a swinging latch 60 over upon the flat top 91 of, a lock 00, any stanchion can be made independent of movements of the c0mmon operating rod 56 and, as shown by Fig. 3 of the drawings, the finger 93 will prevent movement of the swinging latch 60 to the right and thereby prevent an animal confined by the stanchion from ,moving the swinging bow of the stanchion to an open position. i

It will also be obvious that, when the movable support 35 is engaged with the fixed support 29, the movable bow of a stanchion is locked to the fixed bow or a stanchion in such a manner that there-canbe no substantial relati e movements between the bows of the stanchion caused by movements 01. an animal'lconfined by the stanchion.

hat We claim is: i

1. The combination with the bows of a stanchion which, are connected together at their lower ends for opening and closing movements, of means for confining the lower end of the stanchion without preventing rotational movements thereof, separate means torpivotally supporting the upper ends of the bows, said separate means for pivotally supporting theupper ends of the bows being provided with, means for limitving the rotational movement of the bow sup ported thereby, and means for locking the upper ends of the bowstogether to permit of rotational movements of the stanchion as a whole when the bows are in closed positions. 2 The combination with the bows of a stanchion which are hinged together at their lower ends for opening and closing movements, of separate pivotal means for supporting the upper ends of the bows, fixed rails for keeping the upper ends of the bows in alinement, stops for independently limiting the extent of rotational movement of each bow, and means to lock the upper ends of the bows together to permit rotational movements of the stanchion as a whole.

ensa? The combination with a top rail of a stall, of a fixed supportsecured thereto, a,

4a The combination in a stall, of a 'top' rail, a support secured to said top rail, alixed' bow of a stanch on pivot-ally supported trom said support, a movable bow hinged to the lower end of said fixed bow for opening and closing movements, means to confine the lower ends of said bows without preventing rotational moven'ients of the stanchion as a wl1ole,,fixed rails, a pivotal support for the upper end of the movable bow guided by said fixed rails, the upperend of the movable bow being pivoted to said pivotal support so as to swing independently of the other bow andmeans to lockthe upper ends of the two bows together in such wise that the stanchion as a whole can be rotatably moved; 7 p a 5. The combination in a stall, of a top rail, a support secured to said top rail, a fixed bowof a stanchion pivot-ally supported from said support, a, movable bow hinged to the lower end ofsaid fixed bow for opening'and closing movements, means to confine the lower ends of said bows without preventing rotational. movements of the stanchion as a whole, fixed, rails, a carriage movable on said fixed rails, a movable support loosely connected to said carriage, a pivotal .connection between the upper end of said'movable bow and said movable support, the support-secured to the top rail being provided withmeans to position said movable sup port, and means for locking said movable support in engagement with the support se cured to the top rail.

l6. Thecombination in a stall, ota top rail, asupport secured to said top rail, a

fixed bow of a stanchion pivot-ally supported from said support, a movable bow hinged to the lower end, of said fixed bow for opening and closing movements, means to confine the lower ends of said bows with out preventing rotational movements of the stanchion as a whole, lixed rails, a carriage movable on said lixed rails, a. ;n'1ovablesupport loosely connected to said carriage, a

pivotal connection between the upper end of said movable bow and said movable support, an individual operating rod for said carr age, a common operatmgrod, a lock,

and means for connecting the individual operating rod with the common operating rod or with said lock. 7

7. The combination with a movable bow of a stanchion, of a sure stop connected therewith by a lost motion connection.

8. The combination with a movablebow V of a stanchion, of a sure stop connected therewith, a look, a common operating rod, and means for connecting said movable bow either with the locker with thecommon operating rod. I v

9. The combination in a stall, of a'stanchion including a movable bow, a'rotatable sure stop, means for rotating the sure stop by movements of the movable bow, and means for limiting the extent of rotation of the sure stop. g

10. The combination with the bows of a stanchion, of trunnions therefor, supports provided with slots, the trunnions being provided with stops for the bowsand with oppositely disposed projections to extend into said slots to prevent rotation of the trunnions, and means for adjustably securing said trunnions in said slots.

11. The combination with the bows of a stanchion which are connected together at their lower ends for opening and closing movements, of means for confiningthe lower end of the stanchion without preventlng rotational movements thereoit'fa top rail, a

support secured to the top rail, a trunnion secured to said support andprovided with stops, a hangersecured to one bow of the stanchion and pivoted upon the said trun nion, a clamp secured to said top rail, fixed rails secured adjacent said top rail by said support and said clamp, a movable car-.

riage supported upon and guided by said fixed rails, a movable support-loosely connected with said carriage to permit said support to" be moved vertically withrespect to said carriage, a trunnion secured to said movable support and provided with stops,

a hanger secured to the swinging bow of the stanchion and pivoted on said last- 'men t1oned trunnion, an individual operatlng rod secured to said carriage'andprovided with a latch, acommon operatingrod with which sa1d latch can be engaged, a gear, a rotatable sure stopconnected with said gear, a rack,

and a lost motion connectionbetween said individual operating rod and saidrack.

In witness whereof we hereto a-flix our signatures. i a s I ALFRED 'QUADE. i

ARTHUR H; KLUMB. 

